SOLVED Printers Installed but Not Printing

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I've got a PC running Windows 10 that won't print no matter what printer is connected. The printer is shown in Devices and Printers without any errors but when I try to print anything I get the message saying the job has been sent to the printer but apart from the printer software showing the job for about a second before going back to zero, nothing else happens.
The PC is a Zoostorm i3-6100 with 1tb drive and 8gb Ram.

So far I have tried the following.

Tried a different printer
Changed the USB cable
Ran Chkdsk
Ran SFC
Updated from Windows 1909 to 2004
Uninstalled and reinstalled the printer software
Checked C:\Windows\System32\Spool\PRINTERS. Nothing to delete.
Ran Windows printer troubleshooter.

Very odd.. Any suggestions welcomed.
 
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Press the Windows and "i" keys simultaneously, click "Devices", then "Printers and Scanners" in the left column, click on the printer, select "Manage", then click "Set as Default".

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I'd already tried that. However I found that there was really only MS Office installed so I just did a reset keeping the user data and now it's all working well..
 

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